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August, 1891, 
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LITTLE SILVER, N. J.. AUGUST, 1891. 
CONTENTS. 
Berry Patch. The Beebe Strawberry— A Good 
Endorsement — Forcing Strawberries — Early 
Berries 133, 134 
Books Received 141 
Clubbing List 136 
Flower Garden. Floral Notes — SeasonableWork 
Lobel’s Catchfly— Tuberous-rooted Begonias— 
Crozy Cannas— Mignonette for Blooming In- 
doors— The Rivinas— Calla Lilies — Home-grown 
Freeslas 137 
Household The Children in August— Improvised 
Wardrobes — Domestic Science in Colleges— 
Blackberries — Cracked Ice— Fashion Clippings 
—Concerning Women 144, 145 
Lawn. Water Lilies 138,139 
Orchard— A ugust— Orchard Notings— Knowledge 
of Russian Apples — As Good as Duchess— Hardy 
Cherries— Fruit in Minnesota 134,135 
Vegetable Garden. Seasonable Suggestions— 
Onions for Pickles— The Winter Forcing of To- 
matoes 142, 143 
Vineyard. August Notes— The Scuppernong and 
Other Grapes 136 
Our Two Premiums. 
We hope our readers will not fail to note 
the two premiums which we still offer for 
new subscribers to Orchard and Garden; 
one offering a fine large, piazza or hall ther- 
mometer as described on next page, and 
the other being the offer of the new book 
“Fungus Diseases of the Grape and Other 
Plants” by Prof. Scribner, for which see 
page 147. Both are superb premiums and 
may be obtained quite easily. 
Continue in Well Doing. 
Thanks to the efforts of our friends we 
are well pleased with the number of new 
subscribers received during the present sea- 
son, but, like Oliver Twist, we take upon 
us the assurance to ask for “more.” We 
hope that our readers will continue their 
labors in our behalf and speak a good work 
for Orchard and Garden whenever and 
wherever they have the opportunity to do 
so. If they will send us the names and ad- 
dresses of any who do not now take the pa- 
per, we will gladly mail them sample cop- 
ies, and if any of our readers would like a 
bundle of sample copies to distribute among 
their neighbors or at the summer horticul- 
tural shows and meetings we shall be pleas- 
ed to mail such to them. 
Hydrangea Hortensia. 
We had occasion to say some time ago, 
that Hydrangea Hortensia was common in 
gardens in 1824. We lately saw a lecture 
by the learned American botanist, Dr. Bar- 
ton. (1802,) in which he says, “The beauti- 
ful Hydrangea Hortensia, now so common 
in the United States, where it stands even 
the rigors of our winters, in Pennsylvania 
at least.” If it was common in the United 
States in 1802, it must have been introduc- 
ed some years before. The fact seems to be 
that the love of flowers came over with the 
Puritans. It was they who gave the name 
of Mayflower to the beautiful Epigcea repens, 
or Trailing Arbutus. 
The Green Mountain — Winchell Grape 
Controversy. 
A paragraph has been going the rounds 
of the horticultural press lately, stating 
that the Green Mountain grape seDt out by 
Messrs. Stephen Hoyt’s Sons was identical 
with the Winchell, an old variety offered 
by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry many years 
ago. Prof. W. F. Massey, our esteemed 
correspondent and Horticulturist of the 
Experiment Station, at Raleigh, N. C., 
writes as follows, however, in a recent is- 
sue of Garden and Forest : “A grape called 
Winchell was sent to us this year with the 
statement that it is the same grape that has 
been sent out as Green Mountain. Weplant- 
ed it alongside of the Green Mountain re- 
ceived last year. So far it differs widely 
in the appearance of its foliage from the 
Green Mountain.” 
The Hudson River Fruit Crop. 
A writer in The Orange County Farmer 
says that at no time in the history of small 
fruit culture in that section has the yield of 
red raspberries been so unremunerative and 
the currant crop so successful. It is pre- 
dicted that at the end of the present season 
the patches now devoted to raspberries will 
be ploughed up and the canes burned, as it 
is believed that raspberry cultivation has 
had its day in the Hudson River valley. 
The currant bush has grown into favor with 
fruit growers. The currants have been un- 
usually large, and the market has given a 
constant demand. There is no longer a 
great demand for the raspberry and people 
care little for the fruit for canning purposes. 
The peach crop will be a full crop. The 
fruit now maturing looks well and will be 
fully up to the standard. There are many 
new trees that will come into bearing this 
year for the first time. This will add sev- 
eral thousand baskets to the output. 
The actual percentage of grapes to be 
shipped is among the uncertain predictions 
of far-seeing fruit men. There are several 
reasons for this. There are so many forms 
of disease now attacking the grape as to 
make it almost impossible to say what the 
harvest will be. The fruit is now, however, 
growing finely and, based upon the pres- 
ent condition of things, it is fair to presume 
that the crop will be a large one, though it 
may be difficult to fully determine it until 
shipments begin. 
“Sludgite” and the Rose Bug-. 
A short time ago we published the details 
of experiments of Col. Pierson at Vineland 
with Sludgite for the destruction of the 
Rose Chafer, which Would lead one to sup- 
pose that an efficient and capable remedy 
had at last been found for this vile pest. 
I’lie experience however of Mr. Carman, of 
the Bural New Yorker, who is a careful and 
expert experimentator, with “Sludgite” or 
“Zomonia,” as it is called, as a remedy for 
the rosebug, differs very widely and mater- 
ially from that of Col. Pearson, who found 
it so effective. 
Having received three cans of Sludgite, 
all differing slightly, a series of experiments 
was made with each of the mixtures in 
emulsion, but with an entire lack of suc- 
cess, the rose bugs experimented upon re- 
maining “all alive and well.” Mr. Carman 
finishes the account of his experiments by 
saying, “We must conclude from these 
trials that Sludgite is less effective than 
other insecticides that haven’t the disad- 
vantage of an insufferable odor. We must 
further conclude that in our trials, unlike 
those of Col. Pearson, this emulsion has lit- 
tle if any effect upon the rose chafer.” 
American Pomological Society. 
The twenty-third session of the American 
Pomological Society will convene in the 
city of Washington, D. C., on September 
22, 1891. 
It is expected that this will be one of the 
largest and most interesting gatherings in 
the history of the Society. Papers are be- 
ing prepared by some of the best practical 
and scientific minds of the country upon 
the subject of pomology in all its depart- 
ments, including entomology and other kin- 
dred sciences relating to fruit growing. It 
is hardly necessary say anything here in 
praise of the noble work this society is do- 
ing in promoting and elevating the stand- 
ard of pomology in this country, or of its 
high aims and purposes as an educator of 
the people in the science of horticulture, 
but we do earnestly urge our readers to at- 
tend this meeting and participate in its de- 
liberations and discussions, and thereby 
help on the good work. Further particu- 
lars may be obtained from the Secretary, 
G. B. Brackett, Denmark, Iowa, or from 
the Treasurer, B. G. Smith, Cambridge, 
Mass. 
Some Good Exhibitions. 
Notwithstanding the great heat and 
drought, both Springfield (Mass.) societies 
had good June exhibitions, watering help- 
ing to bring out many excellent Roses. The 
entire receipts of the Hampden Couni y So- 
ciety were given to the Home for Aged 
Couples; an act very much to be commend- 
ed and worthy of being followed by others. 
The Amateur Society offered no prizes; but, 
the exhibition seemed to be just as good 
and interesting as it would have been if a 
long list had been offered. Still, as a rule, 
prizes are a very good thing to have, and 
are indispensable to a society of profession- 
als. Messrs. Pitcher and Manda of Orange, 
